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Some Cultures Are Better Than Others
Cultures are not neutral in contradiction to postmodernism and multi-culturalism. You don’t get better through diversity, that is, adding or mixing inferior cultures with their superior. Andrew Klavan, in his recent biography, really a personal testimony, The Great Good Thing, communicates one important aspect in the consummation of his conversion experience, was the revelation […]
Donald Trump Doesn’t Care That Your Feelings Are Hurt
I’ve been thinking about the Democrat, celebrity, and media reaction to Donald Trump winning and commencing his presidency. They are telling us that their feelings are hurt. They are hurting. They are scared. It is disconcerting. It is disturbing. Then they insult him. They insult the man who defeated them. Of course, they also insult […]
Acts 11:26: All Christians are Disciples
While, as is expected, not all of the 269 references to disciples specifically define the word, very strong exegetical evidence from many passages establish that one becomes a true disciple of Christ at the same moment that one becomes a true believer, so that discipleship begins at regeneration, and all the people of God, not […]
Faith the Only Reliable Epistemology: It’s Got to Be Faith, pt. 6
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five When Jesus came along, setting off the first century AD, people were supposed to expect His coming. People should expect gravity. People get that. But why should they expect the coming of Jesus Christ? When God speaks, it […]
So Do You Think He Was Saved? Saul, Wesley, Luther, Etc.
1 John 2:19 reads: They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. “They were not of us.” They weren’t saved. […]
Keswick’s Incoherent Surrender Doctrine: in Keswick’s Errors–an Analysis and Critique of So Great Salvation by Stephen Barabas, part 14 of 17
The content of this post is now available at the link viewable by clicking here. It combines all the parts of this series of blog posts in one file. Please view the material at that link. This part covers from the words: “The Keswick doctrine, adopted from the preaching of Hannah W. Smith at Broadlands, […]
A Paradigm for Taking a Biblical Position that Makes Sense of Everything God Says In the Bible
For full disclosure, I’ve been doing a series on the gospel of John on Sunday mornings in our church. I’ve been in the book for about three years, I’d say, and I’m toward the end of chapter 14 now in the Upper Room Discourse of Jesus. John was the first book I preached as we […]
Trinity Doctrine or Worship Music, Which Is More Important?
I have a sister three years older than me and a brother three years younger than me. When my brother and I were juniors and teens, we would sometimes engage the brotherly conservation of “would you rather” or “do you like better”? Would you rather get killed by drowning or by the direct hit of […]
Health Threats from Samaritan Ministries, part 1
Dangers in Samaritan Ministries part 1 Dangers in Samaritan Ministries part 2 Dangers in Samaritan Ministries part 3 Health Threats from Samaritan Ministries part 2 In the past, I have published Dangers in Samaritan Ministries part 1, part 2, and part 3 (all of which can be accessed here.) This is essentially “Dangers in Samaritan […]
The Modern Fear or At Least Repulsion of Applying Scripture
Jesus and the Apostles, the New Testament authors, treat the Old Testament with authority and as having one meaning. They do not treat scripture with any degree of interpretative latitude. They also make certain application, applying the Bible with complete certitude. God means one thing. Then He doesn’t deny Himself. The interpretation and application of […]
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